Test 2 · ★ · Indian Fairy Tales, Moti the Fool, part 25: Moti rides a s…

Wait, so the Afghans wanted their horse back? Sus, mate!

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, Afghans · What happens: wait, want back · To what, where: horse

This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 1300 «Indian Fairy Tales, Moti the Fool, part 25: Moti rides a stolen-looking horse, catches a tiger, and chooses a pony» of the books course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: the test at school.

The question

Sentence 1: Wait, so the Afghans wanted their horse back?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 wanted	punct
3	so	so	ADV	_	6 wanted	advmod
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Afghans	det
5	Afghans	Afghan	PROPN	Number=Plur	6 wanted	nsubj
6	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Wait	advcl
7	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 horse	nmod:poss
8	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 wanted	obj
9	back	back	ADV	_	6 wanted	advmod
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Wait	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here						vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	want back	past	the Afghans	Afghans's horse					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot horse=Theme

One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

Sentence 2: Sus, mate!

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sus	sus	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 mate	punct
3	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Sus	conj
4	!	!	PUNCT	_	1 Sus	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Yeah, they claimed the horse, swore Moti had stolen it, and then asked the court for a second riddle to settle the matter

The tree, 23 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 claimed	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 claimed	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 claimed	nsubj
4	claimed	claim	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 horse	det
6	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 claimed	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 swore	punct
8	swore	swear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 claimed	parataxis
9	Moti	Moti	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 stolen	nsubj:pass
10	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 stolen	aux
11	stolen	steal	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 swore	ccomp
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 stolen	obj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 asked	punct
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 asked	cc
15	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	16 asked	advmod
16	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 claimed	conj
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 court	det
18	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 asked	iobj
19	for	for	ADP	_	22 riddle	case
20	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	22 riddle	det
21	second	second	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	22 riddle	amod
22	riddle	riddle	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 asked	obl
23	to	to	PART	_	24 settle	mark
24	settle	settle	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	16 asked	advcl
25	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	26 matter	det
26	matter	matter	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 settle	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	when	other	roles by
1	claim speech: other	past	they	the horse				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent horse=Topic
2	swear	past						vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
3	steal	past · perfect · passive		Moti				vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Beneficiary it=Theme
4	ask speech: ask	past	they not said here		the court	then	for a second riddle	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent court=Recipient
5	settle	to-infinitive	they not said here	the matter				vn odge-46-1 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme matter=Location

Option 2

Nah, they never wanted it back, they only wanted Moti's silver and the pony he had chosen from the king's stable

The tree, 23 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	5 wanted	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 wanted	nsubj
4	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	5 wanted	advmod
5	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 wanted	obj
7	back	back	ADV	_	5 wanted	advmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 wanted	punct
9	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 wanted	nsubj
10	only	only	ADV	_	11 wanted	advmod
11	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 wanted	parataxis
12	Moti	Moti	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 silver	nmod:poss
13	's	's	PART	_	12 Moti	case
14	silver	silver	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 wanted	obj
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 chosen	cc
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 pony	det
17	pony	pony	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 chosen	nsubj:pass
18	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 chosen	nsubj
19	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	20 chosen	aux
20	chosen	choose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 wanted	conj
21	from	from	ADP	_	25 stable	case
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 king	det
23	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 stable	nmod:poss
24	's	's	PART	_	23 king	case
25	stable	stable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 chosen	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	not want back	past	they	it		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot it=Theme
2	want	past	they	Moti's silver		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot silver=Theme
3	choose	past · perfect · passive		the pony	the king's stable	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: subject=Theme from stable=Source

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Yeah, they said it was theirs and went crying to the king

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 said	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yeah	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 said	nsubj
4	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 theirs	nsubj
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 theirs	cop
7	theirs	their	PRON	Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 said	ccomp
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 went	cc
9	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 said	conj
10	crying	cry	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 went	xcomp
11	to	to	ADP	_	13 king	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 king	det
13	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 crying	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	they			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is a	past	it	theirs = they		tree rules
3	go	past	they not said here			vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	cry speech: express	gerund	they not said here		the king	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to king=Recipient

Option 4

Nah, they just shrugged and walked off to the bazaar

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	5 shrugged	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 shrugged	nsubj
4	just	just	ADV	_	5 shrugged	advmod
5	shrugged	shrug	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 walked	cc
7	walked	walk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 shrugged	conj
8	off	off	ADP	_	7 walked	compound:prt
9	to	to	ADP	_	11 bazaar	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 bazaar	det
11	bazaar	bazaar	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 walked	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shrug	past	they						vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	walk off	past	they not said here					to the bazaar	vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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